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TIME FOR COMMERCIALIZATION USING MSW AND INDUSTRIAL RESIDUES AS ETHANOL FEEDSTOCKS Jacqueline D. Broder, Robert A. Harris and Jeffrey T. Ranney Technologies, public policies and research support for creating energy efficient fuel from organic residuals are reviewed to show potential impact on the nation’s economic development and energy security. |
| 24 | CURRENT FACILITIES CONVERTING INDUSTRY RESIDUALS INTO ETHANOL | |
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FARM BILL REVITALIZING THE FARM ECONOMY VIA RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT Jeremy Ames and Carol Werner How bioproducts and biomass can be vital parts of the solution to meet our nation’s energy needs, mitigating global climate changes and revitalizing our rural communities. |
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ANALYSIS A ROUGH GUIDE TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION COSTS AND MSW DIVERSION Rob Whyte and Guy Perry Using generic data from manufacturers and planning assumptions, communities and project developers can get a sense of capital and operation and maintenance costs for an anaerobic digestion facility to process either mixed or source separated residential MSW. |
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AND POLICIES ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITIES IN SWITZERLAND Maria Kelleher With a long history of promoting self-sufficiency in energy and food production, Switzerland now has seven facilities which anaerobically digest source separated household organics. |
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PROPOSALS REDUCING U.S. DEPENDENCE ON OIL IMPORTS Shelene Codner Iowa Senators champion laws for greater development of renewable power sources that include ethanol, biomass and methane. |
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AND SEPARATION COMPOSTING YARD TRIMMINGS AND FOOD RESIDUALS FOR GREATER DIVERSION L.L. Eggerth, L.F. Diaz and M. Gross Since early this year, a San Jose composting facility has been receiving 50 tons/day of mixed commercial food residuals along with the 550 tons/day of yard trimmings it had been recycling. |
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AND ECONOMICS HAULER, COMPOSTER PARTNERSHIP SUCCEEDS IN DIVERTING FOOD RESIDUALS Nora Goldstein A source separated organics composter with an ideal site and trucking company already servicing food residuals generators join forces to tap into quality organics in New Jersey and surrounding states. |
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CHAIN PLUGS INTO COMPOSTING Program director finds employee training is the key to successful separation of organics. |
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NOISE, PROJECTILES PROTECTIVE PRACTICES AT GRINDING, SCREENING OPERATIONS Operators and vendors discuss strategies for preventing and controlling the side effects of feedstock processing. |
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OPERATORS AIR HANDLING HOLDS KEY TO ODOR MANAGEMENT Joseph Accortt, Richard Krause and Robert Rynk The Cobb County, Georgia cocomposting facility processes over 400 tons/day of mixed MSW and biosolids. Closed by two fires in 1996, the facility was reopened with a new strategy for odor control. |
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USERS TESTING COMPOST VALUE ON PEPPER PLANTS D.M. Granberry, W.T. Kelley, D.B. Langston, Jr., K.S. Rucker and J.C. Diaz Perez University uses grant to work with a commercial vegetable grower on compost use in sustainable production program. |
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SPAIN COMPARISON BETWEEN IN-VESSEL AND TURNED PILE COMPOSTING SYSTEMS RamÛn Plana, Salustiano Mato, Francesc Aguilera, Adriana Artola, Carlos PÈrez and Antoni S·nchez Researchers in the Catalonia region of Spain analyze methods at 14 composting facilities there for temperature, oxygen concentration and moisture. |
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NIGERIA PILOT PROJECT EVALUATES SOURCE-SEPARATED MSW COMPOSTING T.G. Leton Residential organics and garden trimmings are composted to evaluate process control methods. End product proves valuable in plantain fields. |
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WORLD VITAL SIGNS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE George Garland The Worldwatch Institute review of the health of the planet and its people prompts the author to see a greater role for organics management to achieve ecological prosperity. |
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